Month: April 2023

AFP via Getty Images By Lyse Doucet Chief international correspondent Port Sudan is rapidly becoming a crucial hub in the midst of Sudan’s violence. The BBC’s Chief International Correspondent Lyse Doucet joined the latest evacuation mission to Jeddah. In the dead of night, as HMS Al Diriyah approached Sudan’s coast, Saudi officers flicked on sweeping
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Video has emerged showing a branch of the Central Bank of Sudan on fire as fighting continues throughout Khartoum. The BBC has not been able to verify the date it was filmed. On Sunday, air strikes intensified in the city despite a truce aimed at allowing civilians to flee. The army said it was attacking
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Reuters Adidas is being sued by investors who claim the firm knew about Kanye West’s problematic behaviour years before it ended their partnership. Investors allege Adidas failed to limit financial losses and take precautionary measures to minimise their exposure. The sportswear giant ended its collaboration with the designer and rapper, who is known as Ye,
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Reuters By Paul Adams & Charley Adams Diplomatic correspondent An operation to evacuate people from Sudan has been “extremely successful”, a government minister has said. A deadline for British nationals to reach an airstrip north of the country’s capital Khartoum for the UK’s final rescue flights has expired. “We can’t stay there forever in such
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Reuters Norway’s capital Oslo has unveiled a statue of a walrus who was a popular attraction but was then put down because of public safety concerns. The life-size bronze sculpture depicts Freya lying on her side on a shore. “This is how humans treat wild nature, but it is also how humans treat humans. This
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Reuters Police in Texas say they believe a man killed five of his neighbours after an argument about him practice-shooting with a semi-automatic weapon nearby. The victims were all from Honduras, and included an eight-year-old child. The shooting happened on Friday night in the small town of Cleveland, San Jacinto County, north of Houston. Among
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